Guwahati: The Assam government announced a scholarship scheme for promising litterateurs with a view to promote research and writing on indigenous issues.
Under the scheme, young litterateurs would be eligible for scholarship of up to Rs 1 lakh for undertaking basic research and the state government would also help them to get their works published.
“For youngsters it is very difficult to undertake research and writing. With an intention to help them, we are launching a scholarship scheme and 100 youngsters would be selected every year for this scheme,” Assam Education Minister and government spokesperson Himanta Biwsa Sarma told reporters here.
He said that the litterateurs would also receive 40 per cent royalty in case they decide to have their completed works published by the state-run Prakashan Parishad.
Sarma also said that government will also start a special healthcare scheme for writers and litterateurs to help them in time of physical ailment. “A fund pool would be created for this purpose by our government,” he said.
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